Standard 1: Make Informed, Financially Responsible Decisions – Students will apply financial literacy reasoning in order to make informed, financially responsible decisions.
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
1.5.A Explain that people make financial choices based on available resources, wants and needs.

1.5.A.1 Explain the consequences of making financial decisions.
1.5.A.2 Identify opportunity cost of financial decisions made by
individuals.
1.5.A.3 Apply the steps in the decision-making process to a financial situation.
1.5.A.4 Describe the concept of financial obligations, such as borrowing and “IOUs”.


(SS 4.A.1)
1.8.A Analyze the financial choices that people make based on available resources, wants, and needs for goods and services.

1.8.A.1 Predict the consequences of making financial decisions.
1.8.A.2 Describe opportunity cost of financial decisions made by individuals.
1.8.A.3 Predict the financial outcomes in an applied decision-making process.
1.8.A.4 Explain the concept of financial obligations, such as promissory notes and contracts.
1.8.A.5 Describe the legal and ethical factors involved in making personal financial decisions.

1.12.A Evaluate the financial choices that are made based on available resources, wants, and needs for goods and services.

1.12.A.1 Explain how scarcity and opportunity cost affect decision-making.
1.12.A.2 Analyze costs, benefits, and opportunity cost to determine the achievement of personal financial goals.
1.12.A.3 Apply the decision-making process to an unforeseen situation such as a personal crisis.
1.12.A.4 Explain the concept of financial obligations, such as a promissory note, cell phone contract or college loan.
1.12.A.5 Evaluate how public policy issues impact personal financial decisions, such as environmental and health care concerns.

1.5.B Explain factors that affect personal financial decisions and actions.

1.5.B.1 Identify attitudes, assumptions and patterns of behavior regarding money, saving, investing, and work and how they affect personal consumer decisions.
1.5.B.2 Explain philanthropy, volunteer service and charities.

1.8.B Analyze factors that affect personal financial decisions and actions.

1.8.B.1 Compare attitudes, assumptions, and patterns of behavior regarding money, saving, investing, and work including the impact on relationships.
1.8.B.2 Connect the role of philanthropy, volunteer service, and charities to community development and quality of life.
1.8.B.3 Examine individual differences in decisions made as a consumer.
1.12.B Evaluate factors that affect personal financial decisions and actions.

1.12.B.1 Evaluate attitudes, assumptions, and patterns of behavior regarding financial decisions, and predict how they impact the achievement of financial goals.
1.12.B.2 Reflect on the impact of philanthropy, volunteer service, and charities in community development and quality of life.
1.12.B.3 Compare individual differences and influences on consumer decisions related to money including the impact on relationships.



Standard 1: Make Informed, Financially Responsible Decisions – Students will apply financial literacy reasoning in order to make informed, financially responsible decisions.
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
1.5.C Apply financial knowledge, attitudes, and skills.

1.5.C.1 Describe different ways in which consumers plan their purchasing decisions.

1.5.C.2 Identify personal financial goals.

(Community and Financial Responsibility F.3)
1.8.C Integrate and apply financial knowledge, attitudes, and skills.

1.8.C.1 Develop an informed and responsible action to resolve personal financial literacy questions and issues.
1.8.C.2 Describe methods to achieve personal financial goals.

1.12.C Evaluate and apply financial knowledge, attitudes, and skills.

1.12.C.1 Justify an informed and responsible action to resolve personal financial literacy questions and issues.
1.12.C.2 Apply the decision-making process to achieve a personal financial goal.

1.5.D Describe different types of retail markets.

1.5.D.1 Describe markets situations where buyers and sellers meet to exchange goods and services.
1.5.D.2 Identify markets that are not face-to-face meetings such as Internet shopping and catalog shopping.


(SS 4.B.1)
1.8.D Compare different types of markets

1.8.D.1 Compare at least three markets that sell similar goods and services and determine which offers the best value.
1.8.D.2 Identify fees associated with markets that are not face-to-face such as shipping and handling.

1.12.D Compare different types of markets.

1.12.D.1 Determine different types of retail markets, and analyze the goods and services they offer.
1.12.D.2 Examine external factors that affect a market such as inflation, and determine the most appropriate time to purchase.


1.8.E Analyze the economic impacts of government, business, and consumer financial decisions.

1.8.E.1 Form hypotheses regarding the impact of the global economy on personal financial planning.
1.8.E.2 Predict the consequences of personal consumer decisions and actions on the global economy and the environment.
1.8.E.3 Describe the impacts of business, government, and consumer financial decisions on the individual, family, and community.
1.12.E Evaluate the economic impacts of government, business, and consumer financial decisions.

1.12.E.1 Assess the impact of global economic events on personal financial planning.
1.12.E.2 Examine the consequences of personal consumer decisions and actions on the global economy, and the environment.
1.12.E.3 Analyze the impacts of business, government, and consumer financial decisions on the individual, family, and community.